cochairman

[koh-chair-muhn]

noun

plural

cochairmen 

1. one of two or more joint chairmen.

Gender Note

Is it cochair, cochairman, cochairwoman, or cochairperson? See chairperson, -man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cochairman¹

First recorded in 1930–35; co- + chairman

Example Sentences

Says Tom Corson, cochairman of Lipa’s label, Warner Records: “What we’re seeing is the dawning of a new superstar.”

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In January Trump nominated one of McConnell’s top staffers, Tim Thomas, to be the federal cochairman of the commission.

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Celebration founder and cochairman Carolyn Vance Smith said this year’s conference gives a reverent nod to a wide range of Mississippi natives.

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Now add Messina, who oversaw President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign; cochairman David Sacks, who worked under Musk at PayPal before scoring big at Yammer; Peter Diamandis, founder of the X Prize Foundation, on whose board Musk sits; and BamBrogan, who until recently was one of Musk’s key SpaceX engineers.

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When she first came to Blue Mountain, Aronoff was a 20-year-old Oberlin senior sociology student and cochairman of Oberlin Action for Civil Rights.

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